Hair-drying comb



U KORNSTEIN.

HAIR DRYING COMB.

APPLILZM'ION FILED MAR 20, 1919 Patented Jan. 27, H120.

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HAIR-DRYING COMB.

To all wlwm it may concern:

Be it known that I, ULRICH KORNS'JEIN, a citizen of the United States,and a resident of New York, in the county of New York and State of NewYork, have invented certain new and useful 1m rovements in Hair- DryingCombs, of wide the following is a specification.

The present invention-relates to improvements in hair-drying combs, andhas for one of its objects to provide an implement of this type whereinthe hollow back of the 4 comb is rigidly secured to the handle, suitablereinforcing means being provided for preventing a deformation of thesaid back.

Another object of the invention is to provide an implement of thecharacter specified which is simple in construction, durable, eiiicientin operation, and which can be manufactured on a commercial scale or, inother words, one which is not so diiiicult to produce as to be beyondthe reasonable cost of such an article.

With these and other objects in view, which will more fully appear asthe nature of the invention is better understood, the same consists inthe combination, arrangement and construction of parts hereinafterdescribed, pointed out in the appended claims and illustrated in theaccompanying drawings, it being understood that many changes may be madein the size and pro portion of the several parts and details ofconstruction within the scope of the appended claims without departingfrom the spirit or sacrificing any of the advantages of the invention.

One of the many possible embodiments of the invention is illustrated inthe accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a longitudinal centralsection taken through a comb constructed in accordance with the presentinvention; and Fig. 2 is a section taken on line 2;2 of Fig. 1.

In the drawings, the numeral 10 indicates the comb portion of theimplement. This combportion is formed of a heat-conducting material,such as metal, and comprises the usual teeth 11 and a hollow back 12.The teeth and back are, preferably, made of one integral piece, thehollow bac being formed by bending the material of the body ofthe combbeyond, the teeth into tubular shape,

iisclearly shown in Fig. 2 of the drawings.

One end of the back, denoted by the numeral fliuhd beyond the bodyportion of the Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. 2'7, 1920.

Application filed March 20, 1919. Serial No. 283,900.

comb and is inserted into a bore 14 of a handle 15. This handle is,preferably, of wood or other non-conductor of heat, so that the hand ofthe o erator will not be burned in usingthe comb Beyond the ortion 13 ofthe back the bore 14 is reduce ;to a diameter that corresponds to theinner diameter of the back of the comb, a reinforcing, preferablymetallic, rod 16 being inserted into the reduced portion of the saidbore, said rod also projecting a substantial gistlpnce beyond the handleinto the said Over the inner end of the handle 15 is drawn a ferrule 17,said ferrule, comb, handle and reinforcing rod bein united by a pin 18,passing through these $0111 elements. The portion of the reinforcing rodthat is disposed within the reduced portion of the bore 14 may besuitably roughened, as shown at 19, for a purpose hereinafter to bedescribed.

Adjacent the ferrule the body portion of the com-b is notched, as shownat 20, the configuration of the said notch corresponding to thecurvature of the outer end of the ferrule, whereby the comb body isadapted to abut against the ferrule, clearly shown in Fig. 1 of thedrawings.

A heating rod or core 21 of a slightly smaller diameter than theinnerdiameter of the comb back is provided. One end of this rod is reduced indiameter, as clearly shown at 22, and inserted into a bore 23 in ahandle 24, of wood or other non-conductor of heat, so that the heatingrod maybe handled without danger of burning the hand of the operator.Within the bore 23 is disposeda sleeve 25 of asbestos or similarmaterial, said sleeve'covering the reduced and 22 of the core. 21. A pin26 passes through the handle 24 and the core 21, to properly unite thesetwo elements.

When the comb is to be used for heating, the core 21 is heated to asuiiicient degree necessary for the purpose, and is then comb is thenput in place, after which a hole is drilled through the four elementsmen tioned, and into the said hole is driven the pin 18. The reinforcingmember 16, projecting into the hack of the comb, prevents the latterfrom being twisted, as is usually the case with the constructionsheretofore in use. The notch .20 in the body of the comb allows the saidbody to be brought us close as possible to the ferrule, thus giving thesaid body a support in the form of an abutment.

What I claim is:

1-. In a hair-drying comb, the combination with a comb having a hollowback, of a handle having a bore in which. a portion of said hollow backis seated, a reinforcing bar in the bore of said handle, said barprojecting into said back a substantial distance be yond said handle,and fastening means passing through said handle, back and reinforcingbar.

2. In a hair drying comb, the combination with a comb having a hollowback, of a handle having a bore in which a ortion of said hollow back isseated, a ferru e on said handle, a reinforcin bar in the bore of saidhandle, said bar promoting into said back a substantial distance beyondsaid ferrule. and fastening lTlBdllS passing through said handle,ferrule, back and reinforcing bar, the body portion of said comb beingprovided with a notch into which part of said ferrule snugly fits. r

Signed at New York, in the county of New York, and State of New York,this 14th day of March, A. D. 1919 ULRICH KORNSTEIN.

